[Elections] Add a "none of the above" option?

[Ron Teitelbaum]

I'm not sure this works.  If like last year we vote for our favorite 7
candidates in the order that we want to see them elected and we only like 3
candidates then we vote for none of the above in place 4.  Does this really
have the effect of voting against people or does none of the above have an
unfair advantage given that it represents voting against multiple
candidates?  How do we know which candidate none of above represents a vote
against?  For example if you vote for A B C N and I vote For A B D N, N gets
two votes!  If everyone votes N then it always wins!  I wonder if we should
have a yes or no vote on candidates instead.  Like a confirmation.  

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elections-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:elections-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Vainsencher
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:55 AM
> To: elections at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: [Elections] Add a "none of the above" option?
> 
> Hi everyone, I think that regardless of the number of candidates we get,
> we should add a "none of the above" option to the vote.
> 
> Cons: Someone might lose to this option and feel rejected.
> 
> Pros: Everyone that beats it will feel more actively endorsed by the
> community. A truly terrible candidate cannot be elected by default.
> Voters have an explicit way to say they want other candidates.
> 
> What does everyone else think?
> 
> Daniel
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